One of the things I have emphasized to my readers for years is that economies are cyclical. It is worth mentioning again during our much stronger current economic cycle.
Category Archives: Admissions Advice
The LSAC recently published some additional testing dates through June 2023. Here they are: Future LSAT Test Dates (2022-2023): January 15, 2022 (week of) (new, 4-section LSAT format) February 12, 2022 (week of) (new, 4-section LSAT format) March 12, 2022 (week of) (new, 4-section LSAT format) April 29/30, 2022 (new, 4-section LSAT format) June 10/11, […]
For those of you who took the April 2022 LSAT today, congratulations! Here are a few things you may want to consider, regardless of how well you feel you did:
While the importance of the first two items on this list (LSAT score and cumulative undergraduate gpa) are not likely to generate much serious debate, the unscientific “ranking” of the remaining law school “soft factors” below might stir up some controversy. After all, not all admission committee members prioritize each of the “soft factors” in […]
If you took the February 2022 LSAT, you should recently have received your LSAT score. At this point, you may be contemplating your next step. Here are my suggestions, depending upon your situation:
So, you probably have learned about the importance of your LSAT score and undergraduate gpa to your law school application. However, I’ve also noticed a series of other factors that many prospective law students believe will influence their application that actually have very little, if any, impact. Here are five of them: A “non-traditional” college […]
One question I often get asked by pre-law students is whether a particular undergraduate major will be better than another for purposes of applying to law school. For example, is it better to major in a “typical” pre-law major, such as Political Science, than a major totally unrelated to law? Along those same lines, is it […]
The two most important things law schools evaluate when selecting among applicants (and determining merit-based scholarships) are (1) LSAT scores, and (2) cumulative, undergraduate grade point averages. And, of those two factors, the LSAT tends to be the one that is weighted most heavily. But how do law schools choose among law school applicants whose […]
We often hear that law schools seek a “diverse” student body, but exactly what does that mean? And why is it important for prelaw students to know? First, let’s begin with what “diversity” does not mean to law schools. The meaning of “diversity” is not limited to what often comes to mind: i.e., diversity of […]
For you statistics junkies (and any other prospective law school students), the relative frequency of “splitters” in law school is notable. “Splitters” is a term that describes students who either (1) have a high gpa and low LSAT score, or (2) have a high LSAT score and low gpa. Why do we see such […]